Hinge-gage.



E. T. BAILEY.

HINGE GAGE.

v APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1913. 1,077,785. v Patent d Nov. 4, 1913.

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HINGE-GAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. BAILEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinge-Gages, of which the following is a specification. The invention relates to an improved hinge gage in which the parts are so constructed as to permit the device to be used with hinges of any size and for accurately locating the hinge mortises on the complementary parts, as the door and frame.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a hinge gage including a rod carrying a series of gaging elements,

said elements being constructed to he secured in relative positions at any desired points on the rod and formed to present eX- act uniform edges to serve as guides for marking after gaging.

The invention in its preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particu larly to the accompanying drawings, in

which 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view'illustrating the use of the improved gage. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the gage removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the gaging elements.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, my improved gage includes a rod 1 preferably angular in cross section and of any desired or appropriate length. Secured to one end of the rod is a gage plate 2 the end of which projects beyond the surface of the rod for a purpose which .will presently appear. Movably mounted upon the rod are a series of gage elements 3, and as these elements are of identical construction a detailed description of one will suiiice for all. Each element includes a sleeve like section 4 slidably fitting the rod and adapted to be held in fixed position on the rod through the medium of a set screw 5 passing through the sleeve. Secured to and projecting from the sleeve at a point thereon diametrically opposite the set screw is a gage arm 6, the opposite surface of which presents an edge 7 at exactly right angles to the rod. The arm is of materially less thickness than the similar dimension of the sleeve and as the arm is arranged cent-rally of the side of the sleeve from which it projects, the juncture Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Serial No. 742,261.

of the arm and sleeve provide shoulders 8. The gage elements are arranged upon the rod in pairs, being designed to cooperate in pairs and when thus arranged have their marking edges 7 toward each other as will be plain from Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The device may be used in various ways, as for example, in setting each pair of gaging elements at the point at which it is desired that the hinges shall occupy and spacing the elements of each pair a distance apart corresponding to the length of the hinge. The rod is then arranged lengthwise of the door, the gage plate 3 resting upon the upper edge ofthe. door and the side edge of the door resting in one of the shoulders 8 of the gage elements whereby thearms will be arranged transverse the edge of the door. Suitable scribing tool or pencil may be used to mark on the door edge the points at which the respective upper the hinge mortiseson the door frame and door thereby providing. a clearance for the door equal to the thickness of the plate.

I The improvement may be used in any way and for other purposes than gaging hinges as for example, a single gaging element may be set at a desired point and the hinge to be used placed upon the edge 7 of the element and itself form a gage for the upper marking edge. Any number of gaging elements may be used and the device as described is clearly serviceable for determining position for the locks on doors so that all the doors of a building may have locks positioned at uniform height, and it is to be understood that I contemplate any and allvpurpo-ses to which, the device may be put and also the provision of the gaging element in any size or of any material and the provision of a rod of any size and of any material.

What is claimed is A gaging device including a rod, and a on, each of said elements including a sleeve of the rod and projecting beyond the sur- 10 slidably mounted upon the rod, a set screw face thereof.

for securing the sleeve in fixed relation to In testimony whereof I affix my signathe rod, iinhd an arm priojectindg frozm tlliel ture in presence of two Witnesses.

sleeve anc avin a mar nng e ge a 1'1 1 angles to the rod the relative thickness of EDWARD BAILEY the arm providing shoulders on opposite lVitnesses:

sides thereof at the juncture of the arm and ALICE M. CALLAN,

sleeve, and a gage plate carried by one end MAY BEESLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing" the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0; 

